Browsers

Google Chrome Browser

What is Google Chrome?

Google Chrome is a free web browser developed by Google, released in 2008.

When Google decided to make a browser, they wanted to completely rethink the browser, as browsing now is very different
from browsing simple text pages. Now we email, shop, pay bills, and run large application in our browsers.

Google Chrome 34

Chrome 34 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android (on April 02).

New features:

Chrome now offers to remember and fill password fields in the
presence of autocomplete=off

Support for Responsive Images - Google is introducing
the "srcset" attribute that let Web developers provide multiple resources in
varying resolutions for a single image. In short, this means that the
browser picks the resource that matches the device's capabilities, whether
it's a desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, or a TV

An unprefixed version of Web Audio API

Import supervised users onto new computers - Imported
supervised users come with all their permissions, which will automatically
sync across devices

A number of new apps/extension APIs

A different look for Win8 Metro mode

31 security fixes

Google Chrome 33

Chrome 33 was released on February 20, 2014.

Chrome 33 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android (on February 26).

Chrome Frame (the Chrome window plug-in for Internet Explorer) has been
officially retired.

New features:

Web Speech API - features both speech recognition and synthesis

Custom Elements - You can now can create new HTML and DOM
elements (you can use whatever name you want), extend new elements
from others, and bundle custom functionality into a single element

Folders can be created, renamed and deleted in Google Drive
offline mode

Files in Google Drive can be renamed in offline mode

28 security fixes

Google Chrome 32

Chrome 32 was released on January 14, 2014.

Chrome 32 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome Frame, and Android (on
January 15).

New features:

Tab indicators for sound, webcam and casting

A new look for Win8 Metro mode

Automatic blocking of malware downloads

Supervised Users - Chrome users can now create sub-accounts for
family members, allowing for website restrictions and monitoring (visit
chrome.com/manage)

11 security fixes

Google Chrome 31

Chrome 31 was released on November 12, 2013.

Chrome 31 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome Frame, and Android (on
November 15).

New features:

Support for Web payments - A new API which allows users to store
often-used payment details such as credit card numbers

Launches Portable Native Client (PNaCl) - This tool lets developers
compile their code once to run on any hardware and website

25 security fixes

Google Chrome 30

Chrome 30 was released on October 1, 2013.

Chrome 30 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.

New features:

Search by image - Right-click on an image and choose "Search Google
for this image"

Three new touchscreen gestures, including swiping horizontally to
switch tabs and dragging down from the toolbar to see the tab switcher view

New APIs such as MediaSource and DeviceMotion (for better
integration between webapps and handhelds)

50 security fixes

Google Chrome 29

Chrome 29 was released on August 20, 2013.

Chrome 29 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.

New features:

Improved Omnibox suggestions (based on recency of visited sites)

Ability to reset your profile back to its original state

Many new apps and extensions APIs

Stability and performance improvements

25 security fixes

Google Chrome 28

Chrome 28 was released on July 30, 2013.

Chrome 28 is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.

New features:

Blink rendering engine (no more Webkit)

Support for the CSS @support rule

Rich notifications for Chrome apps and extensions

HTML5 fullscreen API on Android

16 security fixes

Google Chrome 27

Chrome 27 was released on May 22, 2013.

Chrome 27 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

New features:

5% faster page loads

Support for the following HTML5 input types: date,
datetime-local, month, week, and time

Google Chrome 16

Chrome 16 was released on December 14, 2011.

New features:

New syncing tools - Signing in to Chrome lets you take your
Chrome stuff with you. You can save your bookmarks, extensions, apps and
preferences to your Google Account - so they will be available on any
computer you use. It's also a good way to backup your Chrome stuff online -
even if your computer died you would easily be able to restore (synch) your
Chrome data and settings onto a new computer

Multiple-profile user support in one browser window - Enables
multiple users to use the same browser window and load their browsing
history/bookmarks as long as they are synced

Google Cloud Print - Print any webpage to Google Cloud Print
(your printer is available to you from any enabled web app).

Web Certificates

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